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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CJEU Hears Arguments Regarding Whether IP Addresses are Personal Data
On February 25, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union heard arguments on whether or not IP addresses constitute personal data and therefore cannot be stored beyond what…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hong Kong Privacy Regulator Issues 2015 Report, Outlines 2016 Focus
By Mark Parsons, Peter Colegate
On 26 January, Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published his annual report on 2015 complaints and enforcement activity under the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance. The report reveals that…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 1 February 2016
This week’s alert covers news from: Armenia Personal Data Protection Issues Are Regulated by New Law: Armenia Minister of Justice Germany “Berlin Group” Adopts Working Paper on Location Tracking Technology…
Inside Privacy
European Commission issues guidance on the impact of the Schrems (Safe Harbor) ruling of the EU’s Highest Court
By Monika Kuschewsky and Vera Coughlan Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of October 6 in the Schrems case (Case C-362/14) (see our previous blog post…
Data Protection Report
Schrems: the global impact – how the ECJ ruling is affecting countries outside the EU and US
A number of jurisdictions around the world follow the lead from Europe in relation to data protection and impose similar restrictions on the export of personal data unless there is…
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El Tribunal Supremo declara nula una cláusula tipo por la que el trabajador “voluntariamente” aporta sus datos personales de contacto
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Laur Badin
El Tribunal Supremo admite, e incluso considera conveniente, que de forma voluntaria puedan ponerse a disposición de la empresa los datos personales de contacto del trabajador. Lo que no es…
All About IP
Banks Must Disclose Personal Data if a Bank Account Was Used for IP-Infringing Activities
By Ana Hadnes Bruder, Dr. Ulrich Worm
On 21 October 2015, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled that a bank cannot refuse to disclose personal data of a client if that client's bank account was used to receive…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Mobile Health in the EU (Part 2): Personal Data and Sensitive Information in mHealth Businesses
By Dr. Christian Tinnefeld, Dr. Henrik Hanssen
In our previous post we outlined the key issues regarding mHealth devices and services from a privacy law perspective. Now, we go further into the details and discuss the scope…
Password Protected
Advocate General Bot Proposes That CJEU Declare the Safe Harbor Invalid
On September 23, 2015, Advocate General Yves Bot delivered an opinion on the issue of the transfer of personal data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook USA, in light of the…
The Data Advisor
Personal Data, Anonymization, and Pseudonymization in the EU
By Cédric Burton, Sára Hoffman
De-identification techniques are often at the forefront of companies’ concerns when it comes to the processing of big data. In addition, anonymization and pseudonymization techniques have been a heavily debated…